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Christian and I had a FANTASTIC time in California.  It's weird, but it brought us even closer in that we realized more than ever how much we really want the same things in life.  Also, we got totally pumped for living in California.  I want to be there now.  Seriously.

We did not get an apartment there, but the trip was far from a complete loss.  After looking at places all across the area North of LA, we realized that we really wanted to live in Woodland Hills. We drove into it the first time and realized that it was our home.  We just didn't live there yet.  We also saw a bunch of places in the area and found several really promising places.

We're currently waiting on a call back from one of the apartment guys waiting on news from his manager on if he can hold the apartment till October 1st for us (and he also has to talk to another person interested in the place first as well).

It's really amazing how nice all the places out there are.  They all have pools and spas and work out rooms.  Seriously.  Even the super dumpy places have these things.  Did I mention that I'm super excited?

I got a lot done today, which helped with this end of school stress.  There's just so much to do and so little time!  And all this excitement and stress and awesomeness!!  The future is bright... if not full of some hard work. ;)

Oh, I feel like I can say this now, since I've had the tests.  A couple weeks ago I went into the doctor for a routine checkup... they found a lump in my right breast.  I didn't tell many people cause I was sure it'd be nothing and I didn't want anyone to worry.  Today I went in for additional testing and found out I was right.  It was nothing!!  It's always nice when they are thorough though.

Well, I'm getting pretty tired,
Rizzy!

A huge feeling of relief washed over me today as I decided to look up wages in California knowing that we'll probably be spending about $1400-$1700 a month on an apartment (which is about what we're both spending now (though broken between two separate places)... well maybe a little more, but not too bad).

After finding a website that goes over jobs and gives the average wage for each I realized that almost all of them pay ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH as I made in Fargo!!! Talk about a huge sigh of relief! I went over jobs me and my friends (who I know what they make) were making in Fargo and it just brought a smile to my face knowing that I can do this. We can survive. The job I had at Swanson's? Pays 2 to 3 times as much in the Los Angeles area.

I talked to Christian about things today and about how I need to get my esthetician license before really breaking into the industry the way I want. And with his line of work being well paid (even sweeping floors/stippling latex/cleaning up molds at KNB is something around $18 an hour.... sculpting goes up to $47 an hour...) but not steady.

Realistically, if I can get a job like mine in Fargo making $20-$30 an hour we could live off my income in a pinch if he's between work for a month or two. Then we could use his income for things like getting married, a down payment for a house, savings, going to Australia to see Lee get married, new tools we need for our trades, the cost of my additional schooling. This would take a huge amount of pressure off of both of us.

Even after I'm done with additional school, I could stay on part time to supplement my blossoming career as a makeup artist.

Seriously, I feel so much better now.

Riz